Railways to launch whistleblower staff website.

The 13 lakh Indian Railways employees will soon get a platform, in the form of a website for “whistleblowers”, to directly inform top officials, including the Railway Board Chairman.

With safety being a priority area for the national transporter, officials said the new anonymous reporting system would turn every employee into the eyes and ears of the administration.

The website will be directly monitored by the Railway Ministry’s safety department, headed by Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani.

Siddaramaiah asks PM to resolve Mahadayi row.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asked him to “find time” to resolve the inter-state Mahadayi River water row with neighbouring Goa.

Claiming that Karnataka is the number one state in investment and innovation, and highlighting Bengaluru as a startup and innovation hub.

Karnataka has for long been demanding Prime Ministers in resolving the interstate Mahadayi river water sharing dispute between Goa.

Sushma Swaraj to visit Saudi Arabia from Tuesday.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Saudi Arabia from February 6-8 during which she will inaugurate a prestigious festival of the Gulf nation.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Ms Swaraj will inaugurate the Janadriyah festival on February 7.

Saudi Arabia is home to more than 3 million Indian people and ties between the two countries are on an upswing in the last few years.

Saudi Arabia is India’s fourth largest trade partner after China, the US and the UAE.

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Australian govt will not finance Adani group’s rail link project.

The Australian government said it would not finance Adani group’s rail-link project that supports the Indian energy giant’s 16.5 billion dollars Carmichael coal mine.

Adani has sought a 900 million dollar concessional loan for rail to link the Carmichael mine to port.

The announcement by minister Karen Andrews could spell the end of the project entirely if it can’t secure private finance.

Pressure grows on South African President Zuma to step down.

South African President Jacob Zuma is under growing pressure to step down following talks with senior members of his ANC party.

Zuma, who faces corruption allegations, was replaced as ANC leader by Cyril Ramaphosa in December.

Analysts say party chiefs want to avoid a power struggle that could split the ANC before elections next year.

They are expected to begin the process to remove President Zuma through a formal recall or by introducing a motion in parliament.

China to make the more polluted land safe for agriculture by 2020.

China will try to make around 90 percent of its contaminated farmland safe for crops by the end of 2020.

Environment Minister Li Ganjie said China would conduct a detailed investigation into soil pollution and launch pilot zones that would be used to test soil pollution prevention and treatment technologies.

A 2013 survey showed about 3.33 million hectares of China’s farmland an area the size of Belgium was deemed too polluted to grow crops.

Sri Lanka eyeing longer talks with China on a free trade agreement.

Sri Lanka wants a longer-time period to negotiate a free trade agreement with China as it is concerned about the economic impact of a rushed deal on their small country.

There has been rising concern in the South Asian nation about Chinese investment, a key part of Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative to create a modern-day Silk Road across Asia.

It was the first time opposition to Chinese investments in Sri Lanka had turned violent.

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Tata Group to begin 17 cancer care centres across Assam from 2019.

Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said that the Tata Group will join hands with Assam government to roll out an elaborate cancer care programme across 15 districts of the state from next year.

The group will sign a Memorandum of Understanding during the ongoing ‘Advantage Assam’ summit with the state government.

Chandrasekaran said the healthcare initiative will be across 15 districts of the state. However, he did not elaborate further.

Indian Oil to invest Rs 3,400 crore in Assam to expand operations.

Indian Oil Corporation will invest Rs 3,400 crore in Assam over the next five years.

They want to expand its operations by setting up new units as well as upgrading existing ones.

The company will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Assam government.

The MoU will take place at the two-day ‘Advantage Assam – Global Investors Summit 2018’.

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